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[[features.kotlin.configuration-properties]]
== @ConfigurationProperties
`@ConfigurationProperties` when used in combination with xref:features/external-config.adoc#features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.constructor-binding[constructor binding] supports classes with immutable `val` properties as shown in the following example:
`@ConfigurationProperties` when used in combination with xref:features/external-config.adoc#features.external-config.typesafe-configuration-properties.constructor-binding[constructor binding] supports data classes with immutable `val` properties as shown in the following example:
[source,kotlin]
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}
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Due to the limitations of their interoperability with Java, support for value classes is limited.
In particular, relying upon a value class's default value will not work with configuration property binding.
In such cases, a data class should be used instead.
TIP: To generate xref:specification:configuration-metadata/annotation-processor.adoc[your own metadata] using the annotation processor, {url-kotlin-docs}/kapt.html[`kapt` should be configured] with the `spring-boot-configuration-processor` dependency.
Note that some features (such as detecting the default value or deprecated items) are not working due to limitations in the model kapt provides.